He joins 10 other Republicans already in the race for the party's nomination.

Bush says America is on a "very bad course" and that he has decided what he is going to do about it.

The former Florida governor gets into the race six months after saying he was considering a campaign.

In his kickoff speech, he said Democrats are responsible for, quote, "the slowest economic recovery ever, the biggest debt increases ever, a massive tax increase on the middle class, the relentless buildup of the regulatory state, and the swift, mindless drawdown of a military that was generations in the making."

WPBF 25 anchor Todd McDermott was in Miami Monday for the announcement. Click the links below to watch his reports.